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Maurice Hines Dies: Tap Dancing Star Of Stage, TV, Film Was 80
Maurice Hines, who tap danced his way to a Tony nomination during a long stage career and was a frequent TV guest, has died at the age of 80, according to reports from friends and family.
Hines began working in show business at age five. He made his Broadway debut in The Girl in the Pink Tights in 1954, and went on to appear in Eubie!, Sophisticated Ladies, Bring Back Birdie, and Uptown…It’s Hot!, the latter winning him a Tony nomination. He later was Nathan Detroit in a 2001 tour of Guys and Dolls, working with Debbie Allen, Leslie Uggams, and Richard Roundtree.
The capstone to his career was the show Maurice Hines: Tapping Through Life, a tribute to his family that was filled with anecdotes about working with Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, Duke Ellington, and others.
He staged the Radio City Christmas Spectacular in 1990, becoming the first African American to direct at the famed venue.
Born in 1943 in New York City, Hines and his younger brother, Gregory were trained at an early age. Their father, Maurice Hines Sr., joined his sons in Hines, Hines & Dad, an act seen regularly on The Pearl Bailey Show and The Tonight Show, among other pr
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Tap-Dancing Broadway Star Maurice Hines, Brother of Gregory Hines, Dead at 80
Maurice Hines, Broadway star and brother of fellow tap-dancing legend Gregory Hines, has died. He was 80.
Maurice died on Friday of natural causes at the Actors Fund Home in Englewood, New Jersey, an assisted living facility where he lived in recent years, the home's executive director, Jordan Strohl, confirmed to PEOPLE.
Maurice was nominated for a Tony Award in 1986 for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical for his role in Uptown...It's Hot! Some of his other Broadway credits include 1981's Bring Back Birdie and, most recently, 2006's Hot Feet, which he choreographed. He made his Broadway debut in 1954's The Girl in Pink Tights.
The Harlem, New York, native first gained public attention while touring with his father, Maurice Sr., and his younger brother Gregory (who died of cancer in 2003) in a dance show called Hines, Hines & Dad. In 1963, the family performed together on The Ed Sullivan Show.
In 1984, Maurice and Gregory played feuding brothers Clay and Sandman Williams in the Francis Ford Coppola film The Cotton Club, about the reknowned jazz club in Harlem.
Early in their careers, they performed together as the Hines Bro
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Biography of Pontiff Hines
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